William B. Wilderman's Obituary
William B. Wilderman of Oshkosh, age 63. After a year long hard fought battle he lost to acute myeloid leukemia on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 with his family by his side. He was born on December 28, 1955 in Oshkosh, WI. A son of William J. Wilderman, Jr. and Rose Martinez.
Bill served in the U.S. Army in the B CO 124 Maintenance, 2d Armd division in Fort Hood, Texas from 1974-1977. He was an avid bowler with many leagues throughout his life and was very proud that he bowled 2 perfect 300 games, he has 2 rings to prove it! He loved watching the Packer and Badger football games. After 35 years he retired from Bemis Specialty of Oshkosh.
Bill is survived by his wife; Cathy Wilderman, 3 children; Nikki Siewert, Lisa (Bret) Ziarnik, and Chad (Mindy) Wilderman, 6 grandkids; Dominic Helm, Tyler, Isaiah, and Connor Ziarnik, Samantha Siewert, and Colin Wilderman. His brothers; Michael (Jane) Martinez, Jefferey (Barb) Wilderman, and Randy (Chris) Martinez, his sisters; Shirley (Mike) Powers, Debbie Frieman, a special aunt and uncle; Duane and Ruth Hanneman, a special cousin; Bob Weigand, a special sister-in-law; Tracie Murphy, a special brother-in-law; Duane Peerenboom, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father; William J. Wilderman, Jr., his mother; Rose Martinez, a sister; Cindy Chiolino, a nephew; David Martens, his mother-in-law; Laverne Peerenboom, father-in-law; Harold Peerenboom, and a brother-in-law; Ronad Peerenboom.
The funeral service for William will be at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 in Fiss & Bills-Poklasny Funeral Home, 865 South Westhaven Drive Oshkosh, WI 54904. A time of visitation will be from 3 pm until the time of service on Tuesday at the funeral home. Full Military Honors will take place at the funeral home following the funeral service.
The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses of ThedaCare Oncology, Manor Care, the Heartland Hospice team, and the Veterans Administration.
In lieu of flowers a memorial will be established.
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